From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:36:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:36:37 -0500 Received: from kleopatra.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.150]:50902 "EHLO kleopatra.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:36:15 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 03:36:11 +0100 From: David Weinehall To: Nicolas Noble Cc: "Linux-kernel's Mailing list" Subject: Re: Little question about modules... Message-ID: <20010107033611.B2127@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Pixel@the-babel-tower.nobis.phear.org on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:20:52AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:20:52AM +0100, Nicolas Noble wrote: > > Just a question: > > Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system? > > extract of the /proc/modules: > > ip6table_filter 1988 0 (unused) > ip6t_mark 688 0 (unused) > ip6t_limit 1016 0 (unused) > ip6_tables 13044 3 [ip6table_filter ip6t_mark ip6t_limit] > ipv6 117992 -1 To make sure ipv6 can't get unloaded. If I remember correctly, the ipv6 code will oops nicely if unloaded. /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/